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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2007
Yun Luo, Livonia, MI (US);
Yun Luo, Livonia, MI (US);
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for controlling a plurality of vehicle systems. A forward looking sensor () is configured to obtain a two-dimensional image of a space in front of the vehicle. A region identification element () divides the two-dimensional image into a plurality of regions. Each region represents a portion of the space forward of the vehicle. An image transform () transforms the two-dimensional image to a three-dimensional coordinate system representing the space in front of the vehicle to calculate depth information for at least a portion of the image. Each of a plurality of expert systems (-) have at least one associated region and control a vehicle system (-) according to data from their respective at least one associated region and the calculated depth information.